C. A. Atkins, of the UK, released a series of white metal aircraft starting in the 80's. They evidently were decent, but not popular with aircraft modelers who don't have a strong background in white metal. Soon after they were displaced in the marketplace by the limited run plastic kits like Pegasus.

Atkins also had a small line of 1/48 vacuform aircraft kits.

Everything I know, hope it helps.

_________________John RatzenbergerIt's my model and I'll do what I want with it.All problems are soluble in stout.

small bag containing small parts: prop with washer, small disc for tail wheel, "engine", top and bottom cowling,instrum. panel, main wheels, undercarriage, 2 seats, wire for wing and undercarriage axle

these are the "instructions", nuthin more, no parts list, no diagrams....this is not for the faint at heart..... if I want to build this, I would need some reference material first!(ok, right now I´m not eager on building this!)So, to make a little start, I wrote a parts list:

It´s not so easy tracking info about this manufacturer.The guy I bought this from had about 7 or 8 other Atkins for sale (he sold them all), the Piper was the only monoplane,the others were WWI biplanes, I remember Aviatik Berg D-1, Phoenix, Albatros, Fokker DVII, Hansa Brandenburg - the others ones, I don´t remember.

Does the "instruction sheet" have any manufacturer data, dates, etc, that you can show also.

It's OK to show the parts here, but probably better to build it elsewhere (with a link back and forth).

What do you need to know about the J-3 Cub, I have a number of refs.

I found no production date, the only reference of the manufacturer, is his address, shown on the box!Maybe something is missing from the kit?The parts needed to build this, are all there, though - I went thru the instructions, and found them all in the box!Thank you for offering me information about the Cub! I don´t know yet, when I´ll start the kit, I think I´ll go ask around in my club first : "Does anyone have experience with white metal kits?"

Just to add more information:I discovered 2 more Atkins kits: they did vac form as well, it´s one Fiat G.50 bis, and a Reggiane Re 2005, they are both in 48 scale. I´ll not bid for them, I´m too lazy for vacs, I´m even too lazy to vac clean my living room!

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